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The Leap
Jonathan Stroud
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Description for The Leap
Paperback. Charlie is devastated by the tragic accident up at a disused mill pool involving her best friend, Max. Refusing to believe Max is dead, she embarks on an emotional journey in her dreams, where she believes she can see Max just ahead of her on the road. But with the help of her brother, Charlie learns to face the truth. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; FA; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 191 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 142.
Everyone says that Max is drowned, but Charlie thinks differently: she was in the mill-pool with him, and knows exactly what she saw. When she begins to see him in her dreams, her hopes are raised. It seems the reunion she craves is possible. But where exactly is Max leading her? And will she be able to return?
Everyone says that Max is drowned, but Charlie thinks differently: she was in the mill-pool with him, and knows exactly what she saw. When she begins to see him in her dreams, her hopes are raised. It seems the reunion she craves is possible. But where exactly is Max leading her? And will she be able to return?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Random House Children's Publishers UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099402855
SKU
V9780099402855
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Ref
99-1
About Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. After studying English Literature at York University, he moved to London, where he worked as an editor at a publishing firm. He is the author of the best-selling Bartimaeus sequence, which is published in 35 languages and has sold 6 million copies worldwide; the much-beloved Lockwood & Co. series (soon to be ... Read more
Reviews for The Leap
Compelling reading . . . Sensitively depicted
Guardian
Atmospheric and intriguing . . . The quality of the writing never flags
Daily Telegraph
This novel braids the fantastic and the everyday together into a very skilful and readable story, full of real emotions and fairytale echoes
Carousel
A finely choreographed novel of displacement, death ... Read more
Guardian
Atmospheric and intriguing . . . The quality of the writing never flags
Daily Telegraph
This novel braids the fantastic and the everyday together into a very skilful and readable story, full of real emotions and fairytale echoes
Carousel
A finely choreographed novel of displacement, death ... Read more